RT Book, Section
A1 Ephros, Moshe
A1 Giladi, Michael
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7025387
T1 Chapter 257. Cat Scratch Disease (Bartonella Henselae)
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7025387
RD 2024/04/19
AB Cat  scratch  disease  (CSD)  is  a  ubiquitous,  self-limited  infection  characterized  by  prolonged  regional  lymphadenitis  and  often  an  inoculation  site  papule,  usually  after  a  cat’s  (frequently  a  kitten’s)  scratch  or  bite,  and  caused  primarily  by  Bartonella  henselae.  In  10%  to  20%  of  cases,  the  lymph  node  will  suppurate.1,2  In  a  minority  of  cases  (approximately  10%),  a  wide  range  of  extranodal  manifestations  collectively  known  as  atypical  CSD  may  occur,  including  fever  of  unknown  origin,  as  well  as  visceral,  neurologic,  and  ocular  involvement.  In  immune  competent  individuals,  prognosis  is  generally  good,  but  infection  may  be  life-threatening  and  its  manifestations  different  in  the  immune  compromised.